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how it all slips away

it all does 
slip away
in the end
that's what the scientists say

most of us take a little bit more than we are allowed
- because he did or she did, i deserve it, i need it or i want it

only a very small number of us take much much more than we are allowed
- because i can, no one will stop me, it's there, if i don't then you will

and that is how you from a lot to almost none

from trees to fish
from oil to coal
from dodos to carrier pigeons
from woolly mammoth to giant sloth

we all took more
that's what the scientists say

when we are young
it is hard to take anything
maybe we take nothing

now we are older
and our children are almost out of the house
it's not so hard to take a little
for our suffering, for the hard times when we were younger, for the long hours we were

i am old now
nothing works like it is supposed to
just put it back the way it was - i don't care what it costs
it's hard NOT to take a little
for the drugs, the specialists and the hospitals

if i didn't have the financial advisors to get a 5% annual return
i wouldn't be able to live as long

and that growth
isn't virgin birth miracle growth

more resources or more people create growth 
either way it's not unlimited

solution:
- punish extractive business <- destruction="" font="" growth="" not="">
- reward renewable business <- font="" growth="" increasing="" is="" returns="">
- share medical resources equally among all
--- is 1 day equally valuable to all ages?

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